Chartism

Question 1

In what years were the petitions presented to Parliament

Answer 1

1839, 1842, 1848

Question 2

Who drew up the Chartist Land Plan?

Answer 2

Fergus O’Connor

Question 3

Which 3 points on the Charter were achieved by 1875?

Answer 3

Secret ballot, no property qualification for MPs, 1867 RA gives some W-C the vote

Question 4

Was William Lovett a ‘moral’ or a ‘physical’ force Chartist?

Answer 4

Moral

Question 5

What government action/laws caused the Chartist movement to occur? Name 2 laws

Answer 5

1832 Reform Act, 1833 Factory Act, 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act

Question 6

Which Chartist petition held 1,230,958 signatures?

Answer 6

The First Chartist petition

Question 7

Who was John Frost and what did he do?

Answer 7

Welsh Chartist and one of the leaders of the Newport Rising

Question 8

Why did the Newport Rising fail? Give 2 reasons

Answer 8

Bad weather, disorganised, spy network infiltrated the Chartists in South Wales, 3 leaders rather than 1, leaders not all in favour of armed insurrection, army ready in Westgate Hotel

Question 9

What year did the Chartists hold their ‘sacred month’?

Answer 9

1839

Question 10

What was the ‘sacred month’?

Answer 10

General strike, protests, rallies to protest about their demands

Question 11

What was the name of the ‘voice’ of the Chartist movement?

Answer 11

The Northern Star

Question 12

How would you describe Fergus O’Connor, James Bronterre O’Brien, George Julian Harney?

Answer 12

‘Physical force’ Chartists

Question 13

What occurred on 10th April 1848?

Answer 13

Kennington Common Rally

Question 14

Which Chartist leader was elected to Parliament in 1847?

Answer 14

Fergus O’Connor

Question 15

How did the government respond to renewed Chartist activity in 1848?

Answer 15

Sent Queen Victoria to safety on Isle of Wight, drafted in thousands of extra troops to defend London, 150,000 troops at Kennington Common Rally, banned the procession of the 3rd petition to Parliament

Question 16

Whose nickname was the ‘Lion of Freedom’

Answer 16

Fergus O’Connor

Question 17

Why was Robert Peddie sentenced to 3 years hard labour in 1840?

Answer 17

Chartist Rising in Bradford

Question 18

Where was Chartism strong in Britain? Name 4 areas

Answer 18

London, North East (Yorkshire/West Riding), North West (Lancashire), Valleys of South Wales, East Midlands, Staffordshire

Question 19

What was a ‘hen chartist’?

Answer 19

Leading female Chartist activist

Question 20

By 1847 how many branches of the Land Plan had been established in Britain?

Answer 20

600

Question 21

Where was the first place that O’Connor’s Land Plan was put into action and when?

Answer 21

Watford in 1846

Question 22

When was the Land Plan wound up?

Answer 22

1851

Question 23

Where did the Plug Plot Riots occur?

Answer 23

Staffordshire